Wire-fence-weaving machine.



110.786.1127. I PATENTEDAPR.11,1905

G. W. WHITTINGTON.

WIRE FENCE WEAVING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 26, 1901. RENEWED SEPT. 15. 1904.

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Patented. April 1 1, 1905.

PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE W. WHITTINGTON, OF INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA.

WIRE-FENCE-WEAVING. MACHINE. I

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N0. 786,927, dated April11, 1905. Application filed August 26, 190 1. Renewed September 15,1904. Serial No. 224,498.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GEORGE W. WI-IITTING- TON, of Indianapolis, countyof Marion, and State of Indiana, have invented a certain new and usefulWire-Fence-Weaving Machine; and I do hereby declare that the followingis afull, clear, and exactdescription thereof, reference being had tothe accompanying drawings, in which like numerals refer to like parts.

My invention relates to an improvement in the wire-fence-weaving machineshown and described in- Letters Patent of the United States No. 629,637,granted to me July 25, 1899.

The object of this improvement is to require the machine to reel theWoven fabric successfully and systematically into bundles. The machineshown in my former patent failed in this particular. As the fabric iswoven it is wound upon a reel at the end of the machine and a rollerprovided to rest by gravity upon the bundle of thefa'bric being.

wound in order to make a tight wind, or a a wind at least tight enoughto make a bun dle that would be compact and capable of beingconveniently handled. As the parts were arranged in my former machineone end of the roller was subjected to downward pressure at times by theconnecting-bar 89, (shown in my former patent,) while the other'end ofthe roller 94 in that patent was free to fly up. The result was that thefabric would be tightly wound at one end and very loosely wound at theother end, so as to make a conical bundle or a bundle so misshapen as tobe incapable and inconvenientto handle. Therefore a sufficient amount ofthe fabric could not be wound into one bundle.

The object of my present invention is to from the accompanying drawingsand the following description and'claims taken in connection with thedrawings and specification of my former patent above mentioned.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is the elevation of a portion of one side ofthe machine, showing the portion containing the reeling mechanism, itbeing substantially the lower left corner of Fig. 1 in my former patentchanged as required by my present invention. 2 is a side elevation of aportion of the opposite side of the machine, being substantially what isshown in the lower right. corner of Fig. 2 in my former patent modifiedas required by my present invention. Fig. 3 is a plan of the reelingmechanism, parts being in section, and, in fact, is a horizontal sectionof the portion of the machine immediately above the reeling mechanismlooking down upon such reeling mechanism. Fig. A is a side elevation ofthe hand-lever for adjusting the machine a nd a cooperating part insection.

By reference to my said former patent the frame of the machine iscomposed of end piecesl. and 2 with suitable horizontal connections,which are set forth in my former patcut, but which, however, are nothere shown.

13 isa mutilated bevel-geared wheel secured on the shaft 14, so as torotate with it in the direction indicated by the arrow, the means fordriving said gear 13 being the same as set forth in my former patent.The wheel 13 is designed to rotate continuously.

The Wovenwire fabric 110 (shown in dotted lines in Figs. 1 and 2) movesdownward and is wound about the reel 56. The means for driving said reel(shown in Fig. 1) is thesame as shown and described in my former patent.

On the shaft 14.- I mount loosely a pipeor tube 111, to the oppositeends of which I rigidly secure the arms 93. As shown in Fig. 3, thesearms have an inturned rectangular end 112, that is secured to the flatface of one of the two clamping-pieces 113 by means of the bolt 114:,that runs through the end 112 of the arm 93 and through theclampingpieces, thus rigidly clamping said pieces to the tube 111 andalso rigidly securing the arm 93 to said clamping-pieces. Any otherwellknownmeans of rigidly securing the arms 93 Fig.

shapely, and convenient for handling.

to the tube 111 may be employed provided the two arms 93 be exactlyparallel with each other.

At their freeends the arms 93-carry the roller 94, which extends fromarm to arm over the reel 56 and rests and rides upon the fabric as it isbeing reeled. Thus as the diameter of the roll of fabric increases theends of the arms 93 and roller ascend, andin doing so the arm 93 in oneend elevates the arm or bar 95, (shown in Fig. 3,) which bar is looselypivoted on the shaft 14 at one end and at its outer end is secured tothe hand-lever 115, which has secured to it the vertically-extendingcurved plate or bar 116, like what is marked 95 in Fig. 2 of my formerpatent; but there said plate or bar is slotted, while in my presentmachine I provide a series of holes 117, as appears in Figs. 1 and 2. Acorresponding and parallel bar 118, provided with corresponding holes,is secured to the casting 119 on the free end of one of the arms 93, thecasting 119 being shown integral with the arm 93. The twovertically-extending perforated bars 116 and 118 are locked together bya horiZontally-extending pin on the inner end of the small finger lever120, that is pivoted at 121 to the lever and is pressed by the spring122.

The connecting-bar 89 is secured to the pin 88, which extends throughthe slot in the long Vertical bar 86, which is pivotally mounted at itslower end only on the shaft 83.

86 is arocking bar that is oscillated to and fro by reason of aconnecting-rod 89 and a crank 90. The outward limit of movement of therocking bar 86 is shown in dotted lines 81. The pin 88 extends farenough over to enter the curved slot 123 in the end lever 115, asappears in Fig. 4, and since that lever 115 is connected by the meansheretofore described to the free end of arm 93 and the roller 94 ismounted in the free endof the arm 93 it will be seen that while theroller 94 usually rests by gravity upon the fabric as it is being woundthe connecting-bar 89 in its movement, and especially while the rockingbar 86 is not in a vertical position, tends to push down or hold downthe adjacent end of the roller 94. \Vith the machine as shown in my saidpatent the other end of the roller 94 was free to move vertically, sothat when one end of the roller 94 is pushed down it would tend to throwthe other end up and the fabric would curl and swell up under the freeend of the roller 94 and yet be held down tightly at the other end. withmy improvement downward pressure on one end of the roller 94 willsimultaneously and equally depress all parts of the roller, so that allparts of the roll of fabric will be wound with uniform tightness and theroll be made compact, This also keeps the fabric straight or in anyother intended position, so that the fence when erected will nothaveparts pulled out of shape, as was the case with fencing made on themachine as shown in my former patent.

Since the roller 94 has at one end the casting 119, to which the curvedplate 118 is secured, and said curved plate has holes 117 in it, and thehandle 115, which is connected with one of the arms 93, has secured toit the corresponding curved plate 116, having holes 117 in it, theposition of the arm 93 and lever 115 may be vertically adjusted withreference to the roller 94. By elevating the handle 115, andconsequently the plate 116, and placiuga pin through one of the lowerholes of said plate 116 and one of the upper holes of the plate 118 thehandle 115 and bar 93 may be considerably elevated with reference to theroller 94. \Vhen the relative positions of the levers 93 and 115 arechanged thus with relation to the roller 94, their connection with theslotted bar 86 is altered, so that the movement of the reel will therebybe altered. Thus if said bars 115 and 93 are elevated comparatively highthey will give to the slotted bar 86 less movement, and thereby give thereel less movement than if the bars 93 and 115 were set comparativelylow with relation to the roller 94, for in the latter instance, beinglow in the slotted bar 86, their reciprocatory movement against said barwill give it considerably more throw, and thus give the reel muchgreater movement with each actuation. This variation results in changingthe size of the meshes, for if the reel has considerable movement ateach actuation the meshes will be coarse and if it has slight movementthe meshes will be small. Thus the axial rotation of the reel may beincreased or diminished, and such increase or diminution will increaseor diminish the size of the meshes of the fence. It is further to benoted that the arms 93 being pivoted on the shaft 14 are pivoted at apoint concentric with the axis of the roller 94 and of the reel or withan are through the axis of the roller and the reel, so that the actionof the roller will be uniform upon the fence on the reel as the quantityof fence on the reel increases.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

1. In a wire-fence machine, the combination of a reel for winding thewire-fence fabric into a roll, a roller adapted to rest upon the fabricas it is being wound on the reel, and a pair of arms mounted oscillatoryat their inner ends at a point concentric with the axis of the reel andthe axis of the roller and at their outer ends pivotally connected withsaid roller.

2. The combination of a reel for winding wire-fence fabric into a roll,a roller adapted to rest upon the fabric as it is being wound on thereel, a pair of pivotally-mounted arms in which the ends of said rollerare rotatabl y mounted, means for holding said arms rigidly parallelwith each other, and means for pressing said roller down.

3. The combination of a reel 'for Winding Wire-fence fabric into a roll,a roller adapted to rest upon the fabric as it is being Wound on thereel, a shaft mounted parallel to said roller, a pipe loosely mounted onsaid shaft, and a pair of arms rigidly secured at one end to said pipeand having the roller rotatable in the other ends of said arms.

4. The combination of a reel for Winding wire-fence fabric into a roll,a roller adapted to rest upon the fabric as it is being Wound on thereel, a shaft mounted parallel to said roller, a pipe loosely mounted onsaid shaft, a pair of arms rigidly secured at one end to said pipe andhaving the roller rotatable in the other ends of said arms, and meansacting on said pipe for depressing said roller.

In Witness whereof I have hereunto affixed my signature in the presenceof the Witnesses herein named.

GEORGE W. WHITTINGTON. Witnesses:

FLORENCE E. BRYANT, V. H. LooKWooD.

